New Russian ties to the Democratic National Committee hacks have been observed by security researchers at Crowdstrike. One of the alleged telling signs is the maintenance of a hidden communication channel that allows for the continued theft of data after the initial breach, in the case of the case of the DNC done by Fancy Bear, a software consistent with Russian operatives.

Developers can now build a smart devices using Android APIs and Google Services, applying IoT elements to the typical Android development toolkit. Developers can also now utilize the Google Weave protocol to communicate between devices like Google Cloud Vision.

John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, had reportedly responded to a fake password reset email from Google that his IT staff had reported was authentic. The following data thefts resulted in a large scale smear upon the candidates campaign and Podesta’s reputation throughout the 2016 election cycle.

The new Adobe Flash Player patch fixes 17 serious security concerns currently being utilized by cyber criminals. Microsoft update hits on at least 42 issues reported over the last period, associated with Windows and other software’s.

Despite accusations of Russian influence of the United States presidential elections, WikiLeaks has gone ahead. Over 2,000 emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta have been made public, creating negative press and attacks from political opponents on the former Secretary of State’s campaign. Was released on Friday, the same day several U.S. intelligence agencies blamed Russia for email and election server hacks.

Symantec, a cyber-security group, has observed many recent attempts to steal from banks via fraudulent SWIFT messages. This same method had appropriated about $81 million dollars from the Bangladesh central bank in February of this year, constituting a very serious threat to financial security. Malware is used to infect customers and hide fraudulent requests for transfers. Chief Executive of SWIFT Gottfried Leibbrandt informed the public of three attacks and issued a warning that central banks are threatened consistently by such hacks.

A three-page document was released by the Group of seven industrial powers that outlined several concerns and security measures that regulators will begin to enforce on their financial sectors. The recommendations outline new cooperative measures that nations with share, including notification of breaches and basic standards that all firms must meet. The news comes in the wake of policymakers concerns over many high-level hacks plaguing the banking and financial sectors of developed markets.

A malicious backdoor in operation since 2013 has been largely distrivuted through the Windows Troubleshooting Platform, as warned by Proofpoint researchers. ‘LatentBot,’ the name given to the software, was idientified earlier this year and allows cybercriminals to surveil, steal information and gain administration access remotely.

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